Portrait of Liesel Pritzker Simmons

Rank #2031

Liesel Pritzker Simmons

Net worth $2.1B

Hotels, investments · United States

Born
Mar 15, 1984
Age
42
Source
Hotels, investments
Residence
Concord, Massachusetts
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Single
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Liesel Pritzker Simmons and her brother Matthew Pritzker sued their family for a chunk of its Hyatt Hotels fortune and received around $500 million apiece in 2005.
  • Their uncle Jay Pritzker (d. 1999) founded the hotel chain and their uncle Donald Pritzker (d. 1972) managed and developed it.
  • Their father Robert Pritzker (d. 2011) ran the family's industrial conglomerate Marmon Group, which was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in a series of transactions beginning in 2008.
  • Three of Matthew and Liesel's step-siblings, seven cousins and their father's cousin Nick Pritzker are also billionaires.
  • Liesel cofounded and runs impact investing firm Blue Haven Initiative with her husband Ian Simmons.
  • Pritzker, a child actor, starred in the 1995 film ?A Little Princess? as well as ?Air Force One? with Harrison Ford.